Richard "Rico" Rivera Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Phoenix, Az

Consultant for Zambakari Advisory (2015 to Current)• Coauthor manuscripts for publications.• Mentored student into matriculating into graduate school• Consult research interns (data analyst, GIS map developers) on the analyses of data on East African Community, Horns of Africa, and Middle East & North Africa. Some of findings were presented at Nile Institute for Peace and Development 1st Annual Peace Forum on South Sudan. Psychometric and Research Consultant for TTI Success Insights (Feb, 2019 to current; Feb, 2017 to Dec, 2017)• Consult Assessment Development, Item Analyses, Common Factor Analyses, Confirmatory Factor • Co-authored manuscript for peer-reviewed article• Examine the Validity and Reliability of Instruments • Conduct Exploratory Factor Analyses• Review Literature on Ipsative Data and Psychometrics• Design Content Validity Study, feedback on for online survey St. Mary's Basilica (September/October 2017)• Designed survey study and analyzed dataConsultant (Pro-Bono) on Dissertation (Summer, 2017)• Feedback on all aspects of method chapterConsultant for a Gynecologic Oncologist (Fall 2016 to Spring/2017):• Analyzed data to assess the accuracy of a depression screening tool in gynecologic oncology patients. Abstract submitted to Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2017 Annual Meeting• Examining relationship of patient health indicators, medical history, and disease progression with pain, interpersonal support, and well being. I am co-authoring paper for a journal submission.

Scottsdale, Arizona

I assisted the Research and Development Team advance TTI Success Insights vision in becoming the world's go-to source for research-based validated assessments to enable organizations to reveal human potential and human capital needs.

618 N. Central Ave, Suite 100, Phoenix, Az 85004

• Served on CABHP’s Leadership Council.• Consulted on research methods and statistical analyses.• Research/project management (create timelines, schedules, review progress status, monitor contract budgets).• Developed budgets for funding proposals. Co-wrote data sharing or business associates agreements with state funded agencies.• Wrote sections (e.g., methods/data analysis) for proposals and manuscript• Supervised team responsible for data analytic support and database management (data quality, security and documentation) for research and evaluation studies. Supervised the work of a GIS-Map developer.• Conducted factor analyses using survey data collected from medical and behavioral health practitioners about the challenges of integrating primary and behavioral health care services. • Supervised the analysis and standardized evaluation report production of trainings provided by the Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (an average of 15 reports per month produced via an automated process). Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA).• Managed team responsible for maintaining a statewide database for the Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T. program containing substance use treatment provider data, developing analytical database (i.e., cleaning, coding, merging data from multiple relational databases), collaborated with statistician from Center for Health Information and Research, and analyzed data in HIPAA compliant environment. Reviewed annual report submitted to the state; Sponsor: Arizona Department of Economic Security (ADES), Division of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF). • Led regression analyses of National Addictions Workforce Survey data using weights to generalize to the national population. Sponsor: SAMSHA.

Arizona State Univeristy At Downtown Phoenix Campus

• Managed projects.• Recruited, trained and supervised data analysts/research assistants.• Trained research assistants to use SPSS.• Analyzed quantitative data for research and evaluation studies conducted by the center’s research staff.• Served as statistician and consultant to university research teams for the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJDATS Phase II), national multisite research studies of the implementation of innovative service delivery approaches for incarcerated populations. Supervised and trained a postdoctoral researcher who conducted multilevel modeling. Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA).• Conducted propensity score analyses for the evaluation of the Parent-to-Parent Recovery Program. Sponsor: Arizona Department of Economic Security (ADES) and SAMHSA.

Mathematical Sciences And Applied Computing, Asu At West Campus, Glendale, Az

• Managed the day-to-day operations of the Statistics Lab.• Provided consultation in software usage, research design, and survey development principally for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty. • Hired, trained and supervised lab technicians. • Conducted introductory and intermediate SPSS workshops for methods and statistical courses taught at ASU West campus. • Developed and maintained the statistics lab website

Research Consulting Center, Asu At The West Campus, Glendale Az

• Provided consultation in statistics, software use, research design, and survey development for students, staff, faculty, and research teams. • Managed day-to-day operations of the Statistics Lab.

Masters, Measurement, Statistics, & Methodological Studies

Activities and Societies: For thesis conducted Structural Equation Model and Missing Data Theory

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Major: Psychology; Minor: Life Science, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Barrett's Honor's College; Summa Cum Laude, Active in Psi Chi (ΨΧ); Research assistant in Vision Sciences.